7/1/2026

The Eli Sports Network (ESN) began a tradition 5 years ago where at the end of the year we crown the “Champion of Champions”. This is a combined boys and girls overall sports Champion or the ultimate State Champion. We also crown a boys Champion and girls overall Champion. To do this we created a scoring system that rewards consistency over a single sport Championship. It’s great to be the State Basketball Champs for both girls and boys but how did your school’s cross country team or golf team or swim team do is what we wanted to know.

This system gives equal reward for State Titles whether it’s a Football Championship with 5,000 people in attendance to Slow-pitch with a few hundred to Golf where a few family members or friends come to watch. It’s not about popularity, it’s about results.

Some of the classification’s have an advantage over others when it comes to comparing classifications against others for example the B’s do not have Girls Bowling or boys Swimming so they cannot earn points in those sports. This is why our first focus is the individual classification of Champions for each boys and girls team. So we will have a Champion for 4A boys and 4A girls all the way down to 1B.

In the case of split schools coming together to play just a couple of sports then each get half of the points awarded. Those schools that play all their sports together and are known as a combined program get all the points and are identified as that entity. For instance, Raymond-South Bend high schools have been together as a single sports program for many years now and they are credited as a combined program. While Overlake and Bear Creek only combine for one sport so they split their placing points between the two schools.

Finally, and this is where the larger schools do have an advantage with more sports to participate, the All Classification Combined Champion. This is how we scored each and every tournament. For tournaments that clearly had 8 places each place got the points assigned below to that placing. When there are multiple teams tied for one place such as all the quarterfinal losers in football all get 5th place which is a total of 4 teams. We add up the tied points 5th thru 8th which totals 20 points and divide them equally so each quarter final loser or 5th place gets 5 points.

Point Scale

25pts for 1st place
17pts for 2nd
14pts for 3rd
12pts for 4th
8pts for 5th
6pts for 6th
4pts for 7th
2pts for 8th

The top 5 teams all finished in the top 5 of last year’s (2024-25) Champion of Champions. You can read that story below.

2024-25 Champion of Champions Story

Final 2025-2026 Champion of Champions Video

Final All-Classification Top 20 Standings for 2026:
Classification Champions in Bold

Overall Top 20

1 Mercer Island 186 3A
2 Bainbridge 183 2A
3 Bellevue 170 3A
3 Columbia River 170 2A
5 Freeman 168 2B
6 Sumner 150 4A
6 Sehome 150 2A
8 Issaquah 134 4A
8 Lynden 134 2A
10 Mead 123 4A
11 Anacortes 119 2A
12 Mt Spokane 113 3A
13 Cedar Park Christian Bothell 104 1A
14 DeSales 102 1B
14 Skyline 102 4A
16 Gonzaga Prep 101 4A
16 King’s 101 1A
18 Meridian 98 1A
19 Lake Stevens 94 4A
19 NW Christian Colbert 94 2B

 

Mercer Island is the first back to back Champion of Champions and the only multi time winner. The Islanders Boys won titles in Cross Country and Soccer and also finished 4th in both Swimming and Diving as well as Tennis. The Lady Islanders added 4 Championship Trophies to the case with titles in Cross Country, Swimming & Diving, Track & Field and Tennis. All that combined earns Mercer Island their 3rd Champion of Champions banner.

Bainbridge challenged for the top spot but came up 3 points short. The Girl’s only title came in Swimming & Diving but they placed in 6 other sports. The Boys dominated the 2A ranks winning 5 out of 10 State titles. The Spartan Boys won Cross Country,  Swimming & Diving, Soccer, Baseball and Golf. Bainbridge finished 3rd last year in the final Champion of Champions standings; this year they moved up one spot on the podium.

Bellevue and Columbia River tied for 3rd in the final standings. The Wolverines Girls won titles in Soccer and Golf and finished in the top 4 in four other sports. Bellevue Boys only title came in Swimming & Diving. Columbia River finished 3rd in the final standing without winning a State title. The Rapids Boys and Girls placed in 15 sports combined with 4 seconds, 3 thirds, and 2 fourths. 

Freeman rounds out the top 5 after finishing 2nd overall last season. The Scotties Girls took home 2 titles in Fastpitch and Golf and 2 seconds in Volleyball and Soccer. The Boys won Cross Country and Track and Field titles. 

2025-2026 Combined, Boys and Girls Champions

4A Overall Champions

1 Sumner 150
2 Issaquah 134
3 Mead 123
4 Skyline 102
5 Gonzaga Prep 101
6 Lake Stevens 94
7 Lake Washington 90
8 Curtis 74

4A Girls

SP XC S&D VB GS Bowl Hoop Wrestle Gym Flag T&F Tennis FP Golf Total
1 Issaquah 25 14 17 25 7 8 96
2 Lake Stevens 25 5 3 25 17 75
3 Skyline 5 25 12 25 67
4 Sumner 17 14 8 12 14 65
5 Curtis 14 17 6 4 8 12 61
6 Mount Si 25 25 50
7 Lake Washington 10 4 8 25 47
7 Lincoln Seattle 17 12 5 13 47
7 Skyview 10 12 25 47

4A Boys

XC FB S&D Hoop Wrestle T&F Tennis Soccer Base Golf Total
1 Sumner 25 4 14 17 25 85
2 Gonzaga Prep 17 5 17 17 8 17 81
2 Mead 25 14 25 17 81
4 Kamiakin 14 12 12 6 44
5 Lake Washington 12 14 12 5 43
5 Richland 25 14 4 43
7 Issaquah 17 4 12 5 38
8 Newport 6 3 14 12 35
8 Skyline 5 5 25 35

 

3A Overall Champions

1 Mercer Island 186
2 Bellevue 170
3 Mt Spokane 113
4 Eastside Catholic 92
5 Gig Harbor 90.5
6 Shorewood 86
7 Lincoln Tacoma 73
8 Roosevelt 71
8 Seattle Prep 71

3A Boys

XC FB S&D Hoop Wrestle T&F Tennis Soccer Base Golf Total
1 Shorewood 17 2 25 25 17 86
2 Mercer Island 25 14 2 14 25 4 84
3 Bellevue 13 25 3 8 12 2 63
4 O’Dea 25 12 3 14 54
5 Eastside Catholic 13 8 7 5 17 50
6 Lincoln Tacoma 5 17 12 14 48
7 Gig Harbor 6 4 14 5 8 37
7 Hermiston 25 12 37

3A Girls

SP XC S&D VB GS Bowl Hoop Wrestle Gym Flag T&F Tennis FP Golf Total
1 Bellevue 14 12 25 17 14 25 107
2 Mercer Island 25 25 25 25 2 102
3 Mt Spokane 25 8 17 5 6 1 25 87
4 Kelso 10 17 25 6 58
5 Gig Harbor 12 4 5 17 15.5 53.5
6 Roosevelt 14 14 5 7 12 52
7 Seattle Prep 17 8 8 17 50
8 Eastside Catholic 12 25 5 42

2A Overall Champions

1 Bainbridge 183
2 Columbia River 170
3 Sehome 150
4 Lynden 134
5 Anacortes 119
6 Ellensburg 84
7 Tumwater 76
8 West Valley Spokane 58

2A Girls

SP XC S&D VB GS Bowl Hoop Wrestle Gym Flag T&F Tennis FP Golf Total
1 Lynden 25 25 25 25 7 107
2 Columbia River 10 14 14 17 17 12 12 8 104
3 Sehome 25 2 12 5 25 17 86
4 Bainbridge 6 25 4 5 8 6 4 58
4 West Valley Spokane 25 12 8 13 58
6 Ellensburg 17 6 17 14 54
7 Cedarcrest 12 5 5 17 39
8 RA Long 10 25 35
8 WF West 14 4 17 35

2a Boys

XC FB S&D Hoop Wrestle T&F Tennis Soccer Base Golf Total
1 Bainbridge 25 25 25 25 25 125
2 Anacortes 12 13 14 14 25 7 6 91
3 Columbia River 6 8 4 17 14 8 17 74
4 Sehome 17 5 25 12 5 64
5 Tumwater 17 12 14 17 60
6 Orting 5 25 14 44
7 Ellensburg 14 8 8 30
8 E Valley Yak 13 6 6 4 29

1A Overall Champions

1 Cedar Park Christian 104
2 King’s 101
3 Meridian 98
4 Royal 92
5 Bear Creek 77
6 Lynden Christian 74
7 Overlake 73
8 Montesano 71
8 Zillah 71

1A Boys

XC FB Hoop Wrestle T&F Tennis Soccer Base Golf Total
1 King’s 14 8 12 25 59
2 Cedar Park Christian Bothell 25 17 14 56
3 Lynden Christian 13 25 5 5 2 50
3 Royal 25 14 6 5 50
5 Cashmere 17 14 2 5 5 43
6 Meridian 17 17 8 42
7 Bear Creek 6 8 6 17 37
7 Vashon Island 12 25 37

1A Girls

XC VB GS Bowl Hoop Wrestle Flag T&F Tennis FP Golf Total
1 Meridian 25 17 14 56
2 Overlake 25 25 50
3 Montesano 12 25 12 49
4 Cedar Park Christian Bothell 8 6 25 2 7 48
5 King’s 17 25 42
5 Royal 14 25 3 42
7 Seton Catholic 17 3 4 17 41
8 Bear Creek 12 4 14 10 40

2B Overall Champions

1 Freeman 168
2 NW Christian Colbert 94
3 Liberty Bell 82.3
4 Cle Elum Roslyn 80
5 Jenkins Chewelah 76
6 Tri-Cities Prep 62
7 Okanogan 60.67
8 Adna 57

2B Girls

XC VB GS Hoop Wrestle T&F Tennis FP Golf Total
1 Freeman 4 17 17 13 4 25 25 105
2 NW Christian Colbert 2 25 12 12 8 59
3 Cle Elum Roslyn 14 25 17 56
4 Chewelah 17 25 42
5 Liberty Bell 25 12 37
6 Manson 6 12 17 35
7 Forest Ridge 14 17 31
8 Davenport 4 5 8 13 30

2B Boys

XC Soccer FB Hoop Wrestle T&F Tennis Base Golf Total
1 Freeman 25 5 3 5 25 63
2 Okanogan 8 13 14 25 60
3 Tri Cities Prep 25 6 17 48
4 Liberty Bell 14 5 12 14.3 45.3
5 Orcas Island 25 17 42
6 Mount Vernon Christian 14 25 39
7 Adna 13 17 2 5 37
8 NW Christian Colbert 6 12 5 12 35

1B Overall Champions

1 DeSales 102
2 Pope John Paul II 74
3 Naselle 66
4 Liberty Christian 62
5 ACH 57
6 Garfield Palouse 56
7 Lummi Nation 49
8 Garden City 45

1B Girls

XC VB Soccer Hoop Wrestle T&F FP Golf Total
1 Garfield Palouse 25 17 12 54
2 Naselle 4 21 17 42
3 Pope John Paul II 14 21 35
4 Neah Bay 8 25 33
5 ACH 12 7 12 31
6 Crosspoint Christian 25 3 28
7 Liberty Christian 25 25
8 Oakesdale 14 8 22

1B Boys

Soccer FB XC Hoop T&F Tennis Golf Base Total
1 DeSales 25 14 12 25 12 88
2 Garden City Academy 14 25 39
2 Pope John Paul II 25 14 39
4 Liberty Christian Richland 17 6 14 37
4 Lummi Nation 25 12 37
6 Evergreen Lutheran 12 17 29
7 ACH 13 8 5 26
8 Dayton 25 25
8 Valley Christian 17 8 25

 

Winter All-Classification Top 33 Standings for 2025-26:
Classification Champions in Bold

 

 

 

1 Bellevue 109 3a
2 Bainbridge 98 2a
2 Columbia River 98 2a
4 Mercer Island 89 3a
5 Mt Spokane 87 3a
6 Royal 84 1a
7 Anacortes 81 2a
8 Sumner 80 4a
8 Lynden 80 2a
10 Lake Stevens 77 4a
11 Gonzaga Prep 76 4a
11 Ellensburg 76 2a
11 Freeman 76 2b
14 NW Christian Colbert 74 2b
15 Issaquah 73 4a
15 Lake Washington 73 4a
17 Zillah 71 1a
18 Sehome 66 2a
19 Mead 64 4a
19 Woodinville 64 4a
19 Cedar Park Christian 64 1a
22 Eastside Catholic 63 3a
23 Lincoln 59 3a
23 Lynden Christian 59 1a
23 Meridian 59 1a
26 Tahoma 56 4a
26 Liberty Bell 56 2b
28 Kelso 52 3a
28 Seattle Prep 52 3a
28 RA Long 52 2a
28 Cle Elum-Roslyn 52 2b
32 Cashmere 50 1a
33 Toppenish 42 2a
33 Granger 42 2b
33 Garfield Palouse 42 1b

Bellevue got State Titles in Girls Soccer and Boys Swimming and Diving. The Lady Wolverines also took home 2nd in Basketball and 3rd in Swimming and Diving and 4th in Volleyball. The Boys tied for 3rd in Football and also tied for 7th in Basketball to help get the Wolverines to the top of the standings.

There is a tie for 2nd overall between Bainbridge and Columbia River both in the 2A classification. Bainbridge had basically a 50-50 split in boys and girls thru the winter championships with the boys having a slight edge in points. The Spartans swept the boys and girls Swimming and Diving Championships and the boys also got a Cross County Title. 

Columbia River Girls did the heavy lifting to get the Rapids to the top of the standings. CR girls took 2nd in both Soccer and Bowling and 3rd in both Swimming and Diving and Volleyball. The boys placed in both Cross Country and Basketball but the Rapids Boys usually have pretty strong spring sports.

Below will have a more detailed look at how the top 8 in each classification starting with 4A. Where will your team place?

4A 

Combined Girls Boys
1 Sumner 80 1 Lake Stevens 58 1 Gonzaga Prep 56
2 Lake Stevens 77 2 Issaquah 56 2 Mead 39
3 Gonzaga Prep 76 3 Sumner 51 3 Sumner 29
4 Issaquah 73 4 Lake Washington 47 3 Tahoma 29
4 Lake Washington 73 4 Skyview 47 5 Kamiakin 26
6 Mead 64 6 Curtis 41 5 Lake Washington 26
6 Woodinville 64 6 Kennedy Catholic 41 7 Richland 25
8 Tahoma 56 8 Woodinville 39 7 Woodinville 25

4A Girls SP XC S&D VB Soccer Bowl Hoop Wrestle Gym Flag Total
Lake Stevens 25 5 3 25 58
Issaquah 25 14 17 56
Sumner 17 14 8 12 51
Lake Washington 10 4 8 25 47
Skyview 10 12 25 47
Curtis 14 17 6 4 41
Kennedy Catholic 25 2 14 41
Woodinville 5 12 17 5 39

4A Boys XC FB S&D Hoop Wrestle Total
Gonzaga Prep 17 5 17 17 56
Mead 25 14 39
Sumner 25 4 29
Tahoma 4 25 29
Kamiakin 14 12 26
Lake Washington 12 14 26
Richland 25 25
Woodinville 25 25

3A

Combined Girls Boys
1 Bellevue 109 1 Bellevue 68 1 Bellevue 41
2 Mercer Island 89 2 Mt Spokane 61 2 O’Dea 40
3 Mt Spokane 87 3 Kelso 52 3 Mercer Island 39
4 Eastside Catholic 63 4 Mercer Island 50 4 Lincoln 34
5 Lincoln 59 4 Seattle Prep 50 5 Mt Spokane 26
6 Kelso 52 6 Eastside Catholic 42 6 Hermiston 25
6 Seattle Prep 52 7 Walla Walla 35 6 Rainier Beach 25
8 University 40 8 Inglemoor 33 8 Eastside Catholic 21
8 O’Dea 40 8 Roosevelt 33

 

3A Girls SP XC S&D VB Soccer Bowl Hoop Wrestle Gym Flag Total
Bellevue 14 12 25 17 68
Mt Spokane 25 8 17 5 6 61
Kelso 10 17 25 52
Mercer Island 25 25 50
Seattle Prep 17 8 8 17 50
Eastside Cath 12 25 5 42
Walla Walla 10 25 35
Inglemoor 3 2 6 17 5 33
Roosevelt 14 14 5 33

3A Boys XC FB S&D Hoop Wrestle Total
Bellevue 13 25 3 41
O’Dea 25 12 3 40
Mercer Island 25 14 39
Lincoln Tac 5 17 12 34
Mt Spokane 14 12 26
Hermiston 25 25
Rainier Beach 25 25
Eastside Catholic 13 8 21

2A

Combined Girls Boys
1 Bainbridge 98 1 Columbia River 84 1 Anacortes 53
1 Columbia River 98 2 Lynden 75 2 Bainbridge 50
3 Anacortes 81 3 Ellensburg 54 3 Orting 30
4 Lynden 80 4 Bainbridge 48 4 Tumwater 29
5 Ellensburg 76 5 Sehome 44 5 AB Murphy 25
6 Sehome 66 6 RA Long 35 5 Bremerton 25
7 RA Long 52 7 Anacortes 28 7 Ellensburg 22
8 Toppenish 42 8 Toppenish 25 7 Sehome 22
8 West Valley Spokane 25

2A Girls SP XC S&D VB Soccer Bowl Hoop Wrestle Gym Flag Total
Columbia River 10 14 14 17 17 12 84
Lynden 25 25 25 75
Ellensburg 17 6 17 14 54
Bainbridge 6 25 4 5 8 48
Sehome 25 2 12 5 44
RA Long 10 25 35
Anacortes 14 14 28
Toppenish 25 25
West Valley Spokane 25 25

2A Boys XC FB S&D Hoop Wrestle Total
Anacortes 12 13 14 14 53
Bainbridge 25 25 50
Orting 5 25 30
Tumwater 17 12 29
AB Murphy 25 25
Bremerton 25 25
Ellensburg 14 8 22
Sehome 17 5 22

1A

         

Combined Girls Boys
1 Royal 84 1 Meridian 42 1 Royal 45
2 Zillah 71 2 Cedar Park Christian 39 2 Lynden Christian 38
3 Cedar Park Christian 64 3 Royal 39 3 Zillah 34
4 Lynden Christian 59 4 Zillah 37 4 Cashmere 31
4 Meridian 59 5 Bear Creek 30 5 Cedar Park Christian 25
6 Cashmere 50 6 Chelan 25 5 Wapato 25
7 King’s 39 7 Klahowya 24 7 King’s 22
8 Bear Creek 36 8 Lynden Christian 21 8 Meridian 17

1A Girls XC VB Soccer Bowl Hoop Wrestle Flag Total
Meridian 25 17 42
Cedar Park Christian Bothell 8 6 25 39
Royal 14 25 39
Zillah 25 12 37
Bear Creek 12 4 14 30
Chelan 25 25
Klahowya 12 12 24
Lynden Christian 8 5 8 21

1A Boys XC FB Hoop Wrestle Total
Royal 25 14 6 45
Lynden Christian 13 25 38
Zillah 17 17 34
Cashmere 17 14 31
Cedar Park Christian Bothell 25 25
Wapato 25 25
King’s 14 8 22
Meridian 17 17

2B

       

Combined Girls Boys
1 Freeman 76 1 NW Christian Colbert 51 1 Freeman 38
2 NW Christian Colbert 74 2 Cle Elum-Roslyn 39 2 Okanogan 35
3 Liberty Bell 56 3 Freeman 38 3 Liberty Bell 31
4 Cle Elum-Roslyn 52 4 Liberty Bell 25 3 Tri Cities Prep 31
5 Granger 42 5 Napavine 19 5 Adna 30
6 Okanogan 35 6 Manson 18 6 Colfax 25
7 Chewelah 34 7 Chewelah 17 6 Granger 25
8 Adna 33 7 Davenport 17 6 Orcas Island 25
7 Granger 17
7 Reardon 17

 

2B Girls XC VB Soccer Hoop Wrestle Total
NW Christian Colbert 2 25 12 12 51
Cle Elum Roslyn 14 25 39
Freeman 4 17 17 38
Liberty Bell 25 25
Napavine 5 14 19
Manson 6 12 18
Chewelah 17 17
Davenport 4 5 8 17
Granger 17 17
Reardon 17 17

2B Boys XC Soccer FB Hoop Wrestle Total
Freeman 25 5 3 5 38
Okanogan 8 13 14 35
Liberty Bell 14 5 12 31
Tri Cities Prep 25 6 31
Adna 13 17 30
Colfax 25 25
Granger 25 25
Orcas Island 25 25

1B

                                                                     

Combined Girls Boys
1 Garfield Palouse 42 1 Garfield Palouse 42 1 DeSales 39
2 Neah BAy 41 2 Neah Bay 33 2 Lummi Nation 25
3 DeSales 39 3 Crosspoint Christian 28 2 Pope John Paul II 25
3 Pope John Paul II 39 4 Oakesdale 22 4 Liberty Christian 23
5 Lummi Nation 37 5 Fellowship Christian 17 5 ACH 21
6 ACH 33 6 Pope John Paul II 14 6 Tulalip Heritage 17
7 Crosspoint Christian 28 6 Waterville-Mansfield 14 6 Valley Christian 17
8 Liberty Christian 23 8 ACH 12 8 Garden City Academy 14
8 Lummi Nation 12

 

1B Girls XC VB Soccer Hoop Total
Garfield Palouse 25 17 42
Neah Bay 8 25 33
Crosspoint 25 3 28
Oakesdale 14 8 22
Fellowship Christian 17 17
Pope John Paul II 14 14
Waterville-Mansfield 14 14
ACH 12 12
Lummi Nation 12 12
1B Boys FB XC Hoop Total
DeSales 25 14 39
Lummi Nation 25 25
Pope John Paul II 25 25
Liberty Christian Richland 17 6 23
ACH 13 8 21
Tulalip Heritage 17 17
Valley Christian 17 17
Garden City Academy 14 14
Previous “Champion of Champions”

2023-2024
1st Columbia River 177 pts
2nd Camas 142.5 pts
3rd Mead 133 pts

Check Out the full Story Here

 

2022-2023
1st Sehome 153 pts
2nd Bellevue 133 pts
2nd Mead 133 pts

See the Full Story Here

2021-2022
1st Mercer Island 160 pts
2nd Curtis 153 pts
3rd Columbia River 139 pts

Check Out the First Ever Champion of Champions Story Here

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